Retaining attachment for shower curtains



Aug. 26, 1952 R. R. MEYER RETAINING ATTACHMENT FOR SHOWER CURTAINS FiledAug. 28, 1950 Richard R.Meye1- ATTOR N EYS Patented Aug. 26, 1952RETAINING ATTACHMENT FOR. sHov'vEn` CURTAINS Richard R. Meyer,Sacramento, Calif.

Application August 28, 1950, Serial No. 181,794

1 Claim.

This invention is directed to, and it is an object to provide, a novelsecuring or retaining arrangement for the sides of a flexible showercurtain whether used in a stall-type shower (ashere shown) or in abathtub shower.

The prime purpose of the invention is to prevent the shower curtain frombeing pulled in, away from the door or wall, by the draft created by theflowing shower water, and which pullingin of the curtain is not onlyannoying to the bather but allows the water spray to splatter out'l ofthe shower.

Another important object of the invention is to provide, along avertical edge of a ilexible shower curtain, a strip having amultiplicity of suction cups, in a vertical row, for releasably securingthe curtain at said edge to an adjacent wall, for the purpose describedin the previous paragraph.

A further object o i the invention is to arrange the aforesaid verticalrow of suction cups in a manner which tends to baille passage of waterspray therebetween.

The arrangement also includes, as an additional protective measure,continuous cushion beads along the strip on opposite sides of the row ofsuction cups, so that said beadswhen in wall engagement--seal therewithto prevent water passing between the curtain and wall.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a retaining attachmentfor shower curtains which is designed for ease and economy ofmanufacture.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a practical andreliable retaining attachment for shower curtains, and yet one whichwill be exceedingly eiiective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects are accomplished by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the doorway of a stall-type shower; theshower curtain being shown as tted with the Icurtain holding attachment,and the adjacent front walls of the shower being shown as of glass, forthe purpose of illustration.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section of the attachment assecured on a shower curtain.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical elevation of the attachment.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary transverse section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the charac-` ters of reference on thedrawings, the invention site sides of the doorway 4 of a stall-typeshow-My er; the doorway being surrounded by a wall 5, here shown asbeing transparent, as of glass, for the purpose of illustration.

On each vertical side edge portion of the flexible shower curtain I Iprovide an attachment. indicated generally at 6, and as each isidentical a description of one will suiiice for both.

The attachment 6 comprises a flat, relatively wide backingl strip 'I offlexible material, and said backing strip I is secured to thecorresponding side edge portion of the curtain I by suitable means, asby vulcanizing, rubber cementing, or stitching. 1

The backing strip 'I extends substantially the full height of thecurtain I, and is applied to the face of the latter which is disposedadjacent the corresponding portion of the wall 5.

The backing strip 'I is formed, for its full length and on the outside,with a vertical row of suction cups 8, such cups being elongated anddisposed at a downward incline from their inner to their outer ends.

The elongated suction cups 8 are parallel to each other, with limitedspacing therebetween, and with the upper and inner end of each cupsubstantially in the horizontal plane of the low end of the nextuppermost cup.

On opposite sides of the vertical row of suction cups 8, the backingstrip `I is formed, adjacent its edges, with cushion beads 9 whichlikewise extend substantially full length of said strip.

The cushion beads project outwardly, from the face of the backing strip7, a distance that when the suction cups 8 are engaged with a surface,the cushion beads 9 likewise bear against said surface as a seal.

When the above described attachment is in use each vertical row of thesuction cups 8 is adhered or engaged with the adjacent surface of thecorresponding portion ofwall 5, whereby to effectively maintain theshower curtain I in closing relation to the doorway 5, and againstpulling inv or away from said doorway, and which otherwise would occurdue to draft created by the flowing shower water.

By virtue of the inclined or diagonaled relationship of the suction cups8, water cannot readily pass between adjacent cups in the direction ofthe doorway 4, and further sealing is attained by use of the cushionbeads 9.

After use of the shower, when the bather desires to leave the same, therows of suction cups 8 are merely pulled or peeled away from thecorresponding portion of the wall 5, and then left loose to dry.

The described attachment provides a very practical and reliablearrangementl for releasably holding the side edges of a exible showercur- -tain against a wall door during use of a shower;

' tail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as dened by the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention the following is claimed as new anduseful, and upon which Letters Patent are desired:

4 An attachment for releasably securing a side edge portion of aflexible shower curtain to an adjacent wall, comprising a strip adaptedto be secured to the side edge portion of the shower curtain in facingrelation to the wall, and a vertical row of suction cups on the stripadapted to be releasably engaged with said wall; said suction cups beingelongated transversely of the strip and inclining downward from theirinner to their outer ends; the upper end of each suction cup being atleast elevated to substantially the horizontal plane of the lower end ofthe next suction cup above.

RICHARD R. MEYER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,652,488 Lundblad Dec. 13, 19271,902,888 Paquette Mar. 28, 1933 2,148,401 Ellis, Jr. Feb. 2l, 19392,227,541 Groff Jan. 7, 1941

